Car race is the Indy 500. Horse race is the Kentucky Derby.
Indy 500
No. Danica Patrick did not compete in the 2012 Indy 500.
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The Indy 500 was won by Johnny Rutherford. Due to the rain, the race was halted after 102 laps.
The Indy 500 generally starts around noon Eastern each year. This annual race is the apex of the Indy Car series.
Roger Penske first participated in the Indianapolis 500 as a car owner in 1969.
The winner of the Indy 500 car race, in 2012, was Dario Franchitti. This gave him the distinction of being a three time winner of the Indy 500. He was a member of the Chip Ganassi Racing Team.
The first Indy 500 race was held at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, located in Speedway, Indiana. It was on May 30, 1911.
No women has won the Indy 500. There has been 101 races and 69 different race winners.
The first Indy 500 winner that drove in a Formula One race (other than the Indy 500 which was considered an F-1 race between 1950-1960) was Rodger Ward of the United States, the 1959 and 1962 Indy 500 winner, who drove in the 1959 United States Grand Prix. The first winner that drove full time in Formula One was Jim Clark of Scotland, the 1965 Indy 500 champion.